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affection

affection is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 8 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.An attribute; a quality or property; a condition; a bodily state; as, figure, weight, etc. , are affections of bodies. "The affections of quantity." Boyle. And, truly, waking dreams were, more or less, An old and strange affection of the house. Tennyson.
  2. 2.Bent of mind; a feeling or natural impulse or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind; any emotion; as, the benevolent affections, esteem, gratitude, etc. ; the malevolent affections, hatred, envy, etc.; inclination; disposition; propensity; tendency. Affection is applicable to an unpleasant as well as a pleasant state of the mind, when impressed by any object or quality. Cogan.
  3. 3.A settled good will; kind feeling; love; zealous or tender attachment; -- often in the pl. Formerly followed by to, but now more generally by for or towards; as, filial, social, or conjugal affections; to have an affection for or towards children. All his affections are set on his own country. Macaulay.
  4. 4.Prejudice; bias. [Obs.] Bp. Aylmer.
  5. 5.(Med.) Disease; morbid symptom; malady; as, a pulmonary affection. Dunglison.
  6. 6.The lively representation of any emotion. Wotton.
  7. 7.Affectation. [Obs.] "Spruce affection." Shak.
  8. 8.Passion; violent emotion. [Obs.] Most wretched man, That to affections does the bridle lend. Spenser. See Attachment; Disease.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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